by Dick MacOne of the right-wing's absurd conclusions, that they use with impunity, is that objection and resistance to the war in Afghanistan endangers the troops.
Back in 2003, I wrote about right-wingers who cancelled a celebration in Cooperstown, New York, that had been planned for over a year, because they determined that two of the participants' objection to the war in Iraq endangered the troops. This, of course, was patently false, and the monster who was in charge of the event was just taking an opportunity to further his own political aspirations. Fortunately, this back-fired and he is pretty much invisible outside of Cooperstown today.
This has always been a tactic of the right-wing, and the liberal media like Fox News and CNN never confront them about it. They are allowed to continue spreading their lies.
Can exercising our First Amendment rights ever really endanger the troops? Generally, I think not. There might be one exception: book burning.
A right-winger has come forward to announce that other right-wingers are endangering the troops with their planned exercise of free speech.
The Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Florida, has declared "Burn a Koran Day" on Saturday, September 11, 2010.
U.S. and NATO Commander Gen. David Petraeus said yesterday:
Images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan — and around the world — to inflame public opinion and incite violence.
The geniuses behind the idea to burn the holy book of their competition are Dr. Terry Jones, and his lovely wife, Sylvia Jones.
I am not a businessman, but I understand a little bit about marketing and competition in the marketplace. Religion is a huge business and there is a lot of money to be made. Other religious leaders have tried various tactics to increase membership in their churches, temples, and mosques. Book-burning, however, is never a very popular option. People seem to prefer sex-scandals infused with a nominal amount of piety and humility. Bad clothes permeate the entire industry, so there is no reason for criticism in that area.
Dove World is gathering together a bunch of semi-literate bigots on Saturday and they are going to burn the Quran! Muslims from Gainesville to Kabul are going to lose their minds over this.
If you think Muslims are angry about the war in Afghanistan, wait until you see their reaction to this!
The insurgents in every country will be encouraged by this act. There will be more bombings, more acts of terror, a deeper rift between Muslim Americans and non-Muslim Americans.
There is no good reason for this.
We can only hope that one or more of these imbeciles catches fire themselves and dies for their righteous cause.
Idiots!
Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops
Dove World Outreach Center
1 comment:
And we get upset when they burn the American flag... this is no different. I'd like to show up to their meeting and casually start throwing bible's in their fire.
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